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• New Isotope Dating Reveals Marine Life Rebounded Within Two Thousand Years of Dinosaur Extinction Event

  Published: Mar 16, 2026

  Section: Science & Tech

  Research from the University of Texas at Austin indicates that microscopic plankton evolved into new species far faster than previously estimated following the Chicxulub asteroid i...

• Scientific Debate Settled as Seismic Imaging Confirms Massive Asteroid Impact Beneath the North Sea

  Published: Mar 11, 2026

  Section: Research

  Researchers from Heriot-Watt University have confirmed that the Silverpit Crater was formed by a 160-meter asteroid impact approximately 45 million years ago. The strike, validated...

• Resilient bacterium survives simulated asteroid impact pressures proving interplanetary travel is biologically possible

  Published: Mar 4, 2026

  Section: Innovations in Space

  Researchers have demonstrated that the extremophile bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans can survive the violent forces required to be ejected from Mars into space. Laboratory simulat...

• Geologists discover Brazil's first tektite field following massive asteroid impact six million years ago

  Published: Mar 2, 2026

  Section: World

  Scientists have identified a vast field of aerodynamic glass fragments in Brazil, marking one of the most significant ancient impact events in South America. These specimens, named...